Re: [libvirt-users] Booting "real" windows

And is there any virtualization technology supported by libvirt which will allow it? Dne 21.9.2010 17:40, E.T. Anderson napsal(a):
It /might/ be technically possible to boot the system, but I'd expect it to blue-screen on you. KVM would present slightly different hardware to the Windows system and Windows customizes itself for your hardware on install and can't change much.
It /is/ possible to install a VM to a physical partition, but you would have to reinstall Windows as a virtual machine. You then would have your current problem in reverse and would only be able to boot the partition virtually.
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Premysl Vohnout <vohnout@ccss.cz <mailto:vohnout@ccss.cz>> wrote:
Hi all, is it possible to boot using libvirt + kvm real installation of windows 7? I have dual boot sda1 - windows, sda2-linux and I want to boot this sda1
cheers, Premysl Vohnout
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On 09/22/2010 02:15 AM, Premysl Vohnout wrote:
And is there any virtualization technology supported by libvirt which will allow it?
Hi Premysl, Going to point you to a previous email conversation, as I think it has the info you're after: http://www.mail-archive.com/libvirt-users@redhat.com/msg00340.html In short... it can be done, if you're persistent, and be careful about your activation keys. If you have any real data on the existing windows installation, either back it up first or don't attempt this. (it's seriously experimental!) Does that help? Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift
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